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Harnessing Translational Research Across a Global Wheat Improvement Network for Climate Resilience 

Year Awarded  2020

FFAR award amount   $5,000,000

Total award amount   $17,000,000

Location   Texcoco, Mexico

Matching Funders   Accelerating Genetic Gains for Maize and Wheat, CGIAR Research Program on Wheat

Grantee Institution   CIMMYT

Hotter and drier weather threatens the global wheat supply. The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is leading the Heat and Drought Wheat Improvement Consortium (HeDWIC) to develop wheat designed to ensure the crop’s long-term productivity.

Technology to screen for higher-yielding crop traits is now more accessible to scientists 

Photosynthesis varies greatly across rice cultivars— natural diversity could boost yields 

FFAR and AAVMC Seek Nominations for 2020 Vet Fellowship 

Boost Soybean Yields by Adapting Photosynthesis to Fleeting Shadows, According to Model 

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation Sponsors $200,000 for FFAR-Funded Research that Benefits the Poultry Industry 

New USB-FFAR Partnership Boosts Protein in Soybeans 

Food for the Future 

Portrait of Xie, FFAR Fellow.

Kevin Xie

2018-2021 FFAR Fellow

Genetic and microbial determinants of nitrogen fixation in a Sierra Mixe landrace of maize 

Year Awarded  2019

FFAR award amount   $927,581

Total award amount   $1,855,162

Location   Davis, CA

Program   Seeding Solutions

Matching Funders   Benson Hill

Grantee Institution   University of California Davis

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Although the majority of earth’s atmosphere is made up of nitrogen, plants cannot access this form of nitrogen. We awarded a grant to the University of California, Davis to study a Mexican corn variety, Sierra Mixe, that obtains atmospheric nitrogen with the help of microbes, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers.

FFAR and Open Philanthropy Announce Six Egg-Tech Prize Winners